Drizzle turns weather pleasant in Karachi

KARACHI: The weather has turned pleasant in the metropolis due to drizzling in the early hours of Wednesday morning, ARY News reported.

With Eidul Fitr just a few days away, the meteorological department has predicted light drizzle to continue through the week due to moist currents from the Arabian sea penetrating the upper and central parts of the country.

It said westerly wave is affecting most upper and central parts of the country and likely to persist till Thursday.

Hot and dry spell is likely to continue in most parts of the country with some places to receive light and heavy rainfall during the next twenty four hours, said an official of the meteorological department.

According to him, it will rain with thunderstorm and gusty winds in isolated places in Lahore, Gujranwala, Sarghoda, D.G Khan, Faisalabad, Multan, Bahawalpur, Rawalpindi, Zhob, Hazara, Peshawar, Islamabad, FATA and Kashmir in the next 24 hours.

Light rain is also expected at some places along Sindh and Makran coast during the next 24 hours, the weather department said.

The maximum temperature in Karachi is expected to remain at 35 degrees centigrade during the day with weather to remain partly cloudy. Whereas, Peshawar will experience 37 degrees centigrade of temperature while the temperature in Lahore and Quetta will rise to 33 and 38 degrees centigrade, respectively.